Oscar Music Nominations Oscar Music Nominations Tweet Share “Skyfall,” which Adele co-wrote and recorded for the James Bond movie of the same name, and “Suddenly,” which Hugh Jackman performs in the hit movie version of Les Miserables, are the leading Oscar contenders for Best Song. Both songs are also nominated for Golden Globes in the top song category. The other nominees for Best Song are “Pi’s Lullaby” from Life Of Pi (music by Mychael Danna, lyrics by Bombay Jayashri), “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from Ted (music by Walter Murphy, lyric by Seth MacFarlane) and “Before My Time” from Chasing Ice (music and lyrics by Josh Ralph). MacFarlane, who has won two Emmys for his work on Family Guy, will host this year’s Oscars. His collaborator, Walter Murphy, had a #1 hit on the Hot 100 in 1976 with “A Fifth Of Beethoven,” a disco treatment of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Norah Jones performs “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” on the Ted soundtrack.

[Related: 2013 Oscar Nominees List ] This year’s three other Golden Globe nominees were passed over for Oscar nominations: “For You” from Act Of Valor (by Keith Urban and Monty Powell), “Not Running Anymore” from Stand Up Guys (by Jon Bon Jovi) and “Safe & Sound” from The Hunger Games (by Taylor Swift, the members of The Civil Wars and T Bone Burnett). (The latter song wasn’t on the list of 75 songs that were in contention for Oscar nominations. The only song from The Hunger Games that was in the running was “Abraham’s Daughter,” which Burnett co-wrote with the members of Arcade Fire.) Also passed over for Best Song: “Learn Me Write” from Brave, which was written and recorded by Mumford & Sons. “Suddenly” is a new song which Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil added to their score for Les Miserables. The soundtrack rises to #1 on The Billboard 200 this week. It’s the first soundtrack to a movie that originated as a Broadway show to top the chart since Mamma Mia! in 2008.

Les Miz received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Hugh Jackman and Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway, whose rendition of the show’s most famous song, “I Dreamed A Dream,” is listed on the current Hot 100. [Photos: 2013 Oscar Snubs and Surprises ] “Skyfall” is the fourth Bond theme to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Song. It follows “Live And Let Die,” which Paul and Linda McCartney wrote for the 1973 movie of the same name; “Nobody Does It Better,” which Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager wrote for the 1977 movie The Spy Who Loved Me; and “For Your Eyes Only,” which Bill Conti and Michael (“Mick”) Leeson wrote for the 1981 movie of the same name. (There’s one more if you count the 1967 spoof Casino Royale as a Bond film. The movie wasn’t overseen by Eon Productions, and thus isn’t usually considered an official Bond film.

“The Look Of Love,” which Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote for that film, was a Best Song nominee.) “Skyfall” is vying to become the first Bond song to actually win an Oscar. The producers of this year’s Oscar telecast have already announced that the show will feature a 50th anniversary salute to the Bond franchise. Adele co-wrote “Skyfall” with Paul Epworth, with whom she collaborated on “Rolling In The Deep.” That song won a Grammy last year as Song of the Year. If “Skyfall” wins the Oscar, Adele will become only the third woman to win both an Oscar for Best Song and a Grammy for Song of the Year. She would follow Marilyn Bergman (who won both awards for co-writing “The Way We Were”) and Barbra Streisand (who won both awards for co-writing “Love Theme From ‘A Star Is Born’ (Evergreen).” These are the first Best Song nominations for the songwriters of all five nominated songs. This is the first time in three years that the Oscars have had five Best Song finalists. There were just two last year, which many thought showed disrespect to the storied tradition of film music.

Read More Skyfall and Life Of Pi are also nominated in the category of Best Score. The nomination for Mychael Danna’s score for Life Of Pi makes Danna the only individual to receive two Oscar nominations for music this year. Thomas Newman’s score for Skyfall is the second from a Bond film to receive an Oscar nomination. The first was Marvin Hamlisch’s 1977 score for The Spy Who Loved Me. John Williams score for Lincoln is his 43rd to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Score. This extends his lead as the composer with the most nominations in that category in Oscar history. He has won five times in the category. Four of those awards have been for previous collaborations with Lincoln director Steven Spielberg: Jaws, Star Wars, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and Schindler’s List. [Related: Complete 2013 Oscar News ] The other nominees for Best Score are Dario Marianelli for Anna Karenina and Alexandre Desplat for Argo.

This is the 10th Best Score nomination for Newman (who has never won), the fifth for Desplat (who has never won), the third for Marianelli (who won for 2007’s Atonement) and the first for Danna. Passed over for Best Score: Hans Zimmer’s score for The Dark Knight Rises (which is nominated for a Grammy) and Cloud Atlas by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil (which is nominated for a Golden Globe). Reblog Oscar nominations: 'Les Miserables' soundtrack is a top seller - latimes Oscar nominations: 'Les Miserables' soundtrack is a top seller January 10, 2013 |By David Ng It's been a good week for "Les Miserables," which was nominated this morning for the Academy Award for best picture. Its songs are more than 25 years old, but that isn't stopping the movie's fans from rushing out to buy (and presumably download) the soundtrack album to the new movie version of the beloved stage musical.

Featuring 20 tracks, including the new song "Suddenly" written for the movie by original songwriters Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, "Les Miserables" reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart this week with 92,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. PHOTOS: Top Oscar nominees Billboard reported that the last stage musical-turned-movie musical to see its soundtrack album hit No. 1 on the chart was "Mamma Mia!" in 2008. "Les Miserables" has been holding its own against pop albums from Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, as well as groups like Mumford & Sons and One Direction. The movie soundtrack features performances by the movie's cast, including Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, Amanda Seyfried as Cosette and Samantha Banks as Eponine. LIST: Complete list of nominees The album also features a track sung by Colm Wilkinson, the actor who originated the role of Valjean on stage in London and New York. In the movie, Wilkinson plays the bishop who saves the escaped convict.

"Les Miserables" won multiple Tony Awards in 1987, including the awards for musical, score and book for a musical. The movie received eight Oscar nominations overall: in addition to best picture, Hugh Jackman was nominated for best actor, Anne Hathaway for best supporting actress, “Suddenly” for best song, and the film was recognized in the sound mix, hair and makeup, costume design, and production design categories. ALSO: Adele, 'Les Miserables' Secure Oscar Nominations | Billboard Adele, 'Les Miserables' Secure Oscar Nominations COMMENTS Where Does Adele's '21' Rank in the Best-Selling Albums of Nielsen SoundScan Era? Singer's 'Skyfall' an Instant Favorite in Original Song Category; Rodriguez Doc 'Searching for Sugar Man' Up for Best Documentary "Skyfall," the Adele track from the latest James Bond film, is the first Academy Awards nominee for best original song in 10 years to have also been a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Its nomination was announced Thursday morning in Beverly Hills.

"Skyfall" will be competing with the new tune penned for the screen version of "Les Misérables," "Suddenly," "Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi," J. Ralph's "Before My Time" from the documentary "Chasing Ice" and finally "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted," which features lyrics from Seth MacFarlane who announced the nominations with Emma Stone at Oscars headquarters. The odds-on favorite is "Skyfall" and the song nomination was one of four the Bond film received; Thomas Newman's score is also up for a trophy. Songs in James Bond films have been nominated three times, but have never won. Paul and Linda McCartney were considered for 1973's "Live and Let Die"; Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager wrote "Nobody Does it Better" for "The Spy Who Loved Me" in 1977; and Bill Conti and Mick Leeson received a nomination for 1981's "For Your Eyes Only." As a Hot 100 hit, Adele's song far outpaced its competition. It peaked at No. 8 and has sold 1.3 million copies, according to Soundscan.

The last top 10 song to receive a nomination was Eminem's "Lose Yourself" from the film "8 Mile." It reached No. 1 in November of 2002, spent a total of 12 weeks atop the list, and went on to win the Academy Award the following year. "Suddenly," with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil, has only 5,000 track sales, but the "Les Misérables" soundtrack album is currently sitting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the first soundtrack to top the chart since "Hunger Games" was No. 1 on April 7 of last year. The last musical film soundtrack to head the list was "Hannah Montana: The Movie" in May 2009; the last stage musical-turned-movie musical to reach No. 1 was "Mamma Mia!" in 2008. "Les Miserables" received eight nominations. Composer Mychael Danna was the only person to receive two nominations in the music categories.

Besides his song, written with lyricist Bombay Jayashri, he is also up for his "Life of Pi" score as the film received 11 total nominations. Besides Danna and Newman, the other best original score nominees are Dario Marianelli for "Anna Karenina," Alexandre Desplat for "Argo" and John Williams for "Lincoln." MacFarlane wrote "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" with Walter Murphy, the comedy writer-director's collaborator on the TV series "Family Guy." The song nominations for "Ted" and "Chasing Ice" were the only ones the films received. Oscar ceremony producers could add compelling music power to the telecast by booking the singers who performed the songs in the films. For starters, it gets Adele involved in the show, which has already announced that it will do a tribute to James Bond.

For the other nominated songs, Scarlett Johansson and violinist Joshua Bell perform Ralph's "Before My Time"; Norah Jones sings "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" in "Ted," Hugh Jackman is the singer of "Suddenly" in "Les Miserables" and Bombay Jayashri, a leading singer in India, sings "Pi's Lullaby." Among the contenders that did not receive nominations were Keith Urban's "For You," which has sold 502,000 copies and hit No. 55 on the Hot 100, Taylor Swift's "Hunger Games track "Safe & Sound," a No. 30 hit that sold 1.5 million downloads, tracks from the animated "Brave" and Neil Finn's song from "The Hobbit," "Song of the Lonely Mountain." The other key nomination for music fans is in the documentary category where "Searching for Sugar Man" is up for the statuette. Malik Benedjelloul's film tells the story of Rodriguez, a forgotten 1970s recording artist from Detroit rediscovered in the late 1990s and celebrated in South Africa. The Oscars will be handed out on Feb. 24.

ORIGINAL SONG "Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice" Music and Lyric by J. Ralph "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted" Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane "Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi" Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri "Skyfall" from "Skyfall" Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth "Suddenly" from "Les Misérables" Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil ORIGINAL SCORE The Les Misérables Movie: Suddenly, There's a New Song [Spoiler alert] Yes, it’s true There’s a castle just waiting for you… Then, we are immediately transported in time and place to Paris, nine years later. We have no idea what happened in the interim. All we know is that Cosette is now a young woman and that she and her “father” are in Paris, soon to encounter old foes. In the novel, there is no such abrupt transition.

Rather, Hugo spends many chapters explaining how Jean Valjean and Cosette settled in Paris, how they eluded Javert, and how they ended up living in a convent. All of this happens when Cosette is still a young child. Also, during this segment of the novel, we discover the deep connection between Valjean and Cosette, the power and purity of their love. The movie fills in the blanks left open by the musical, following the basic storyline of the book. For example, when Valjean lifts Cosette into a coach, we find this bit of new dialogue: VALJEAN Where I go, you will be. COSETTE Will you be like a Papa to me? VALJEAN Yes, Cosette! This is true! I’ll be father and mother to you! Victor Hugo introduces the notion of Jean Valjean as a mother to Cosette shortly after they depart from the Thenardiers. We read in the novel: All the passion and affection within him awoke, and rushed towards that child. He approached the bed, where she lay sleeping, and trembled with joy.

He suffered all the pangs of a mother, and he knew not what it meant; for that great and singular movement of a heart which begins to love is a very obscure and a very sweet thing. Chalk one up for the faithfulness of the movie! Ditto with the movie’s depiction of the interaction of the Thenardiers after Valjean and Cosette depart. But then we get to the most striking innovation in the movie script, a new song called “Suddenly.” It is sung by Jean Valjean while he and Cosette are traveling by coach to Paris. Here are the lyrics (thanks to Zack, whose comment below helped me to get them right). Suddenly you’re here How was I to know That so much hope What has passed is gone Now we journey on How was I to know at last That happiness can come so fast? Trusting me the way you do I’m so afraid of failing you Just a child who cannot know That danger follows where I go There are shadows everywhere And memories I cannot share Nevermore alone You have warmed my heart Like the sun. You have brought the gift of life And love so long denied me. Suddenly I see What I could not see Something suddenly Has begun.

Before we get to the close connection between “Suddenly” and Victor Hugo’s writing, I would say that even if the text of this song does not precisely mirror anything in the book, it faithfully relates the dawning of love in the heart of Valjean. It also helps to explain why, later in the story, he has such a hard time letting go of Cosette. So, one could argue that “Suddenly” belongs in the script because it helps the viewer understand what is going on in the story and in Jean Valjean, in particular. But this song is not only helpful. It is also extremely faithful to the novel. Here are a few excerpts from the chapter called “Two Misfortunes Make One Piece of Good Fortune.” I have highlighted a few phrases: On the following morning, at daybreak, Jean Valjean was still by Cosette’s bedside; he watched there motionless, waiting for her to wake. Some new thing had come into his soul. Jean Valjean had never loved anything; for twenty-five years he had been alone in the world. He had never been father, lover, husband, friend. In the prison he had been vicious, gloomy, chaste, ignorant, and shy. . . .

When he saw Cosette, when he had taken possession of her, carried her off, and delivered her, he felt his heart moved within him. All the passion and affection within him awoke, and rushed towards that child. He approached the bed, where she lay sleeping, and trembled with joy. He suffered all the pangs of a mother, and he knew not what it meant; for that great and singular movement of a heart which begins to love is a very obscure and a very sweet thing. Poor old man, with a perfectly new heart! Only, as he was five and fifty, and Cosette eight years of age, all that might have been love in the whole course of his life flowed together into a sort of ineffable light. It was the second white apparition which he had encountered. The Bishop had caused the dawn of virtue to rise on his horizon; Cosette caused the dawn of love to rise. . . . Nature, a difference of fifty years, had set a profound gulf between Jean Valjean and Cosette; destiny filled in this gulf. Destiny suddenly united and wedded with its irresistible power these two uprooted existences, differing in age, alike in sorrow.

One, in fact, completed the other. Cosette’s instinct sought a father, as Jean Valjean’s instinct sought a child. To meet was to find each other. At the mysterious moment when their hands touched, they were welded together. When these two souls perceived each other, they recognized each other as necessary to each other, and embraced each other closely. The song, “Suddenly,” not only depicts the extraordinary impact of Cosette upon Jean Valjean, but also, brilliantly, plays off a word in Hugo’s novel. (In the French original, Hugo employed the word brusquement, which means “suddenly” or “abruptly.” This word appears many times throughout the novel. The first English translator of Les Misérables, Isabel F.

Hapgood, rendered brusquement as “suddenly.” Other translations prefer “abruptly,” which wouldn’t work as well in a song.) “Suddenly” also reveals the fears of Valjean’s heart: “Just a child who cannot know That danger follows where I go There are shadows everywhere And memories I cannot share.” This prepares us for what is to come, when Valjean refuses to tell Cosette his secrets and when he is haunted by the “shadows of the past.” More importantly, the song helps us understand the relationship between the Bishop’s impact on Jean Valjean and Cosette’s impact. Hugo makes this connection when he writes: “The Bishop had caused the dawn of virtue to rise on his horizon; Cosette caused the dawn of love to rise.” Truly, Valjean’s encounter with God’s grace through the Bishop changed his life. He became a man of virtue, one who was committed to doing what was right and respecting all human beings. Yet, only through Cosette did Valjean begin to experience love. In another crucial place in the movie, the script underscores this same point. I’ll say more in my next post.

Here are the actual lyrics: Suddenly I see Can two anxious hearts beat as one? Yesterday I was alone Today you walk beside me Something still unclear Something not yet here has begun. Suddenly the world Somehow full of grace and delight. How was I to know that so much hope was held inside me? What has passed is gone Now we journey on through the night How was I to know at last that happiness can come so fast? Trusting me the way you do I’m so afraid of failing you Just a child who cannot know that danger follows where I go There are shadows everywhere And memories I cannot share Nevermore alone You have warmed my heart like the sun. You have brought the gift of life And love so long denied me. Suddenly I see What I could not see Something suddenly Thanks, Zack. Are those lyrics from the album? BP Those are the lyrics from the script version floating around. There are some other changes like it becoming “Somehow full of grace, full of light.” (If you watch the behind the scenes featurette on “Suddenly,” there’s even a shot of the sheet music with the revised lyric written in. markdroberts Interesting. I’ll have to check that featurette. bw00ds Where can I find the featurette?

Harrison What you said is interesting about Victor Hugo’s writing and “Les Mis” – that the new song “Suddenly” adds value to the story and script. I look forward to seeing this film – characters Jean Valjean and his relationship with Cosette. Amanda The insertion of this song also suggested to me that the transformative moment for Valjean’s devotion to good was less the candle incident and more the adoption of Cosette, which is very different from how I interpret the musical. The song also helps to lessen the abruptness later on of Cosette and Marius’s love for one another, if we’re already buying, and feeling, how Valjean could have so quickly devoted himself to Cosette some years before (“How was I to know at last That happiness can come so fast?”), and also Valjean’s willingness to abruptly adopt Marius as his own, which always seemed hard to swallow in the musical. I haven’t read the books, so I don’t know what I’m supposed to be inferring from the changes and what I’m just making up. jimhale Fabulous post. Adds to my appreciation of what was already the best movie I have ever seen.

Roy van Eerden Thanks for the insight into this song. I, too have watched several versions of the musical, though not nearly as many as you. Mostly the 10th anniversary gala production. I noticed what seemed to be several other additions in the movie. Most notably Jean Valjeans confession. That wasn’t in the stage production from what I can tell, though it is faithful to the book if I remember correctly. At any rate, I though the movie was superb. LesMisFan Mark – Your posts are amazing, I stumbled across your Les Miserables posts and have fallen in love with them. Hopefully you keep posting on the Les Mis subject as you continue to find more differences/similarities. I have shared your blog with family and friends. You are wonderful! Torsten Adair And most important of all… Since the song is original to the movie, it can be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. AnotherFan Your posts are great! Thank you for these insights. Reflecting on this post, this morning I had an insight into Javert’s relationship with Gavroche.

I don’t know if it is true to the book at all, but in the movie I was thinking that Javert/Gavroche is set up to be a counterpoint to Valjean/Cosette. For one, Gavroche upholds the law by revealing Javert, which Javert probably respects even if he suffers for it. Then, after experiencing grace from Valjean, Javert looks at the dead body of Gavroche and places the pin on him as if to suggest that Javert could have found the same “dawn of love”…maybe this could have saved him from himself. Of course, Gavroche is dead, and if he were alive he probably would have rejected Javert, but still! Sandy Love the addition of this song. Shows the love Valjean findly found. Made me cry more than the rest of the movie. A must see movie!

Man of Les Mis tery i too loved the song and so poignant an indicator of what Cosette meant to Valjean Readers of the full novel will agree Link Official Les Misérables film songbook out now - Musicroom Blog - Everything for the Musician Musicroom Blog - Everything for the Musician The official songbook to Les Misérables is available now from Musicroom.com! Les Misérables – the official songbook – available now from Musicroom.com! Featuring 16 songs from the movie adaptation – including the Oscar and Golden Globe nominated original song Suddenly, written especially for the film – the official Les Misérables sheet music songbook is an essential purchase for any fans of the movie, musical or book. The soundtrack itself has become the first cast recording to top the UK and Ireland album chart in 16 years, as reported by the BBC . Many favourites from the hugely successful musical phenomenon are here, some in slightly different forms, and two with new sections including a Gavroche section in Look Down (originally included in the original 1980 French show). The original song Suddenly is also included.

Written especially for Jean Valjean, the character played by Hugh Jackman, for the scene after he discovers the strength of his new fatherly feeling for little Cosette, Suddnely succeeds in encapsulating Victor Hugo’s beautiful statements about how two unhappy souls can make one happy human being. Les Misérables producer Cameron Mackintosh has stated that Suddenly “beautifully explains what happens when Valjean takes Cosette from the inn and looks after her.” Presented in Piano/Vocal format, the official songbook also features 16 pages of colour artwork from the 2012 movie. The film itself was awarded three Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture and Best Actor for Hugh Jackman in the Musical or Comedy category, and Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway, and has been nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. 3,099 total views, 2 views today Related Articles... Film Aside, Can You Listen to the ‘Les Miserables’ Soundtrack On Its Own? | IndieWire Film Aside, Can You Listen to the ‘Les Miserables’ Soundtrack On Its Own? Film Aside, Can You Listen to the 'Les Miserables' Soundtrack On Its Own?

Talk "Les Misérables" may have taken home the Golden Globe for Best Comedy/Musical, but it's nowhere near to a universally acclaimed film. 2012 has been a year in which none of the top awards contenders have earned that distinction — "Lincoln" gets as many raves as "mehs," and ebates on the ethics of "Zero Dark Thirty" are front page news. And while Tom Hooper's ambitious take on the beloved stage musical "Les Misérables" is doing stellar business worldwide, critics and fans are lukewarm on many of the risky moves the "King's Speech" director made to bring the Broadway version of Victor Hugo's story to life. While many critics of the film are quick to point out how much of the time Hooper's camera is ever-so-close to his all-star cast, the film is also full of epic shots (enhanced with CGI) of 18th century Paris. Hooper not only chose to shoot many of the film's well-known songs up close and personal, he also made the daring decision to have all of his actors sing live.

As Hooper described to Indiewire's Jay Fernandez , his team attached microphones to either side of the actors so that their voices would be picked up no matter where they turned. While Anne Hathaway 's one-take rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" as the condemned prostitute Fantine has propelled her to a Golden Globe win and (probably) an Oscar and the film's original song "Suddenly" was nominated for both awards, is the film's soundtrack actually listenable as a stand-alone album? The Original London Cast and Original Broadway Cast Recordings of the show are must-haves for theater fans, but has Hooper's aural close-up ruined the movie's soundtrack — dubbed "Highlights from the Motion Picture"? In some instances, the choices made to bring a nuanced adaptation to the screen hurt the listenability of the movie's songs as standalone pieces; in some instances, the stars aligned. Here's a breakdown of how different songs fared the aural close-up: The soundtrack tracks that will be skipped: "I Dreamed a Dream" Movie Version: London Recording: Let's get this out of the way first.

In the context of the narrative, as Hooper's camera pays tribute to the defeated Fantine, Anne Hathaway's version of this song is breathtaking. When you press play and crank it up to sing along, you realize it's really hard to do so as Hathaway whimpers. Hathaway's version of the song must only live within the entire film in order to be listenable. Luckily, it's one of the parts of the film that make it worth revisiting. "Master of the House" Movie Version: London Recording: Smack dab in the middle of one of the most tragic stage musicals of all time is one of the greatest comic songs written for theater. Unfortunately, Sacha Baron Cohen's Thénardier must sing each line of the song separately with a silly vignette to act out every line. The stilted low-key version does not have the boisterous bawdy feel of the stage take on the anthem. Bucking tradition from the London and New York stage shows and against the choices of the film's other actors, Cohen's vague European (read: British) accent is the only one that dips into French (sometimes it's 'ze,' sometimes 'the.') All this is not helped by Mme.

Thénardier, a lackluster Helena Bonham Carter. "One Day More" Movie Version: London Recording: When actors perform this one on a stage (or when guests perform it a Danish wedding reception), the house is brought down. The song is essential to wrap up all the narratives and send us to the denouement. In the film, the epic anthem does not benefit when each character's line is stitched together from being separately shot and stitched together. "Suddenly" Movie Version: As Hooper explained to Anne Thompson , the show's original lyricist and composer helped him craft an all-song version of the play. In order to do this (and to get some extra nominations) a song needed to be added. In "Suddenly," Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) gives a lot of exposition. And listeners doze off. What songs still get it (or are maybe better from the film): "Can You Hear the People Sing?" Movie Version: London Recording: The spirit of community and revolution that is so important to the musical is on full display in the film's version of this one.

"Prologue" Movie Version: London Recording: Say what you want about Russell Crowe's rock star voice, but the film's terrifying prologue, with Valjean working on the chain gang nearly drowning, is effective at being what it needs to be aurally commanding. "On My Own" Movie Version: London Recording: Grown-up Eponine always brings down the house as she gives up Marius, and Samantha Barks may have just made a career doing just that. "Red and Black" Movie Version: London Recording: The stage's mostly forgettable dude rallying cry is carried and made into something completely new by rising stars — and heartthrobs — Eddie Redmayne and Aaron Tveit. Adele And Her Fellow Oscar Nominees for Best Song « Radio.com Adele And Her Fellow Oscar Nominees for Best Song January 10, 2013 10:04 PM Filed Under: Adele , britpop , carly simon , oscars (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) This year’s nominees for Best Original Song include a Bond girl, an Avenger and the one and only Wolverine.

Adele earned herself an Oscar nomination with her song “Skyfall” from the Bond film of the same name. The song was written and produced by Paul Epworth, who worked with the Brit on her 2011 album 21. Though this is the third time a Bond theme has been nominated for an Oscar— Paul and Linda McCartney for “Live and Let Die” in 1973, Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager for Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does it Better” in 1977 and Bill Conti and Mick Leeson for 1981’s “For Your Eyes Only” as sung by Sheena Easton—if Adele wins, she will be the first 007 singer to take home the big prize. This year’s host, Seth MacFarlane, along with his Family Guy collaborator Walter Murphy, also earned a nomination for “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from his directorial debut, Ted. Norah Jones helps out as the singer for the big band inspired song from the raunchy comedy. If MacFarlane wins for Best Song he will be the second person to win an award while hosting the show.

In 1958 David Niven hosted and took home the statue for Best Actor in Separate Tables. An actor being nominated the same year as playing host has actually happened seven times in Oscar history. Most recently in 2011 when James Franco pulled double duty as host and Best Actor nominee for 127 Hours. He lost to Colin Firth for his role in The King’s Speech. Other nominees include Mychael Danna and Indian singer Bombay Jayashri for “Pi’s Lullaby” from Ang Lee’s Life of Pi , along with Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil for “Suddenly,” a new song added to the film version of the Broadway classic Les Misérables that is sung by Hugh Jackman. Though many might not be familiar with the film, Chasing Ice , a documentary that focuses on climate change, its nominated theme song “Before My Time” was sung by a familiar name. Written by New York composer J. Ralph, who has previously, worked with Norah Jones and Carly Simon, the song features violinst Joshua Bell and vocals from Scarlett Johanssen. ScarJo is certainly no stranger to the music business.

In 2008 she released an album of mostly Tom Waits covers called Anywhere I Lay My Head and the following year she collaborated with singer Pete Yorn on Break Up, an album inspired by Serge Gainsbourg’s duets with Brigitte Bardot. Find out who win’s this year’s award when the 85th Academy Awards airs live February 24 on ABC. – Shannon Carlin, Radio.com Adding Oscar-Nominated Song 'Suddenly' to LES MIS Stage Remains Uncertain Adding Oscar-Nominated Song 'Suddenly' to LES MIS Stage Remains Uncertain Tweet Share Manila, Philippines--"If you don't have a camera zooming straight into the eyes or catching a close-up of a hand touching another hand, it doesn't work," said Claude-Michel Schönberg , the French composer of now 30-year-old musical "Les Miserables" (Les Mis), when asked about the possibility of adding the Oscar-nominated song "Suddenly," especially written for the 2012 movie adaptation, to "Les Mis" onstage. "It's a moment of intimacy between Jean Valjean [the show's protagonist] and the little girl, Cosette [whom Valjean raises on his own].

It's that kind of situation you can only capture with a camera." The celebrated composer, Schönberg, 71, recently visited the Philippines to make his customary twice-a-year checkup of the orphanage Sun and Moon in Parañaque City, which he opened in 1995, together with husband and wife Dong and Lita Alegre. He also visited a small village in Ormoc City in Leyte to view the 250 homes that his previous concert performances of "Do You Hear the People Sing?" in Manila raised P25 million (around $544,000) to rebuild the houses shattered by typhoon Haiyan two years ago. In between his visits to his orphanage and Leyte, he also took time to meet with a small group of reporters, including BroadwayWorld.com, at the Theatre at Solaire Resort and Casino, where the Australian production of the newly reimagined "Les Mis" will transfer for nearly a month, starting in March 2016, when the show has completed its four-city tour (Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, and Brisbane) next year in early January.

In the Manila run, which will serve as a kick-off point for the new Asian tour for "Les Mis," at least two company members from the Australian production have been announced to trade places with actors on Broadway and in London's West End: Kiwi actor Hayden Tee , who plays Valjean's nemesis, Javert, will succeed English actor Earl Carpenter , Javert on Broadway. Australian actress Patrice Tipoki, who plays Cosette's desperate mother, Fantine, will swap places with Filipino actress Rachelle Ann Go , Fantine in London's West End. Carpenter and Go will open "Les Mis" in Manila, together with Helpmann Award winner Simon Gleeson (Jean Valjean), Helpmann Award winner Kerrie Anne Greenland (Eponine), Emily Lang ridge (Cosette), and Chris Durling (Enjolras). Amazing, Clever Rachelle Ann Prior to making her London's West End debut as Vietnamese prostitute Gigi van Tranh in the 25th-anniversary revival of "Miss Saigon," whose musical score is also written by Schönberg, Go has been a fixture on pop concert stages in the Philippines, with a double platinum self-titled album under her belt.

Resisting the call of musical theater at first, she went on to star in her first stage outing in the all-Asian production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid," playing the title role, in 2011. This was followed by another role in a Disney musical, Jane Porter, opposite Broadway star Dan Domenech 's Tarzan in Disney's "Tarzan" in 2013. "The first time I worked with Rachelle was at the fundraising concert for the survivors of typhoon Haiyan. During that time, she was not cast yet in 'Miss Saigon.' But we knew then that she was a very strong contender because what we heard at the concert was amazing. She's an amazing and clever singer," said Schönberg.

"When she finished her contract to play Gigi, we wanted to have a new Fantine in the 30th-anniversary production of 'Les Mis.' The casting director and my son, Thomas, who's working for the show's producer Cameron Mackintosh , asked me, "So what do you think, can Rachelle sing Fantine?" I said, 'Let's work; let's try'." Schönberg recalled, "I had a session with Rachelle and everybody was talking, and she asked, 'Which way can I sing 'I Dreamed A Dream'?' I told her, 'Fantine and Gigi, they're both the same. They're two women in the middle of exploitation by men. So you should remember that feeling you had when you were singing 'Movie In My Mind.' That song and 'I Dreamed A Dream,' they're exactly the same because when you say 'Movie In My Mind,' it's what you're dreaming of." Looking Back Beyond 30 Years Ago It was in the late '70s when Schönberg and now longtime writing partner, French lyricist Alain Boublil , began writing the first draft of "Les Mis" in French, which took them two years to finish.

Prior to working on 'Les Mis,' they collaborated on the song cycle "La Revolution Francaise" (The French Revolution) in 1973. Born out of the frustration with their previous jobs as pop songwriters for mostly mainstream recording artists, they turned their attention to writing their first two-act musical with no prior training in the field of musical theater. Schönberg shared, "We were educated in the French system in France, which didn't have any musical theater tradition. Unlike in America or in England, where they teach about musicals in schools, and where you get to see musicals--that didn't exist in France. But for strange reasons, Alain was so in love with musicals and American movie musicals. I was also in love with musicals. I can still remember the first time I saw 'West Side Story.' I was struck by the beauty of it. And then we realized we could write an operatic version of a contemporary story. "One day, when we were fed up as [pop] songwriters--after 200 or 300 songs, you'd get tired to write about the same thing--we decided to write a musical.

As we didn't have any traditions or any rules, we had to invent our own rules. Since I was a big fan of the opera, and Alain and I both love the novel 'Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo , we did it very simply, which was the only thing that we could have done.

"At that time, we didn't know that it was something brand new in the musical theater industry." In a nutshell,"When we were doing 'Les Mis,' we wanted to do some kind of an operatic musical," said Schönberg, "'Les Mis' from beginning to end, we wanted its structure to be operatic." At Present, Mashing-Up "I Dreamed On My Own" Making a rare appearance, Broadway legend Patti LuPone , the original actress who played Fantine in "Les Mis" delighted fans when she stepped on stage to perform a mashup of two of the most popular songs from the musical, "I Dreamed A Dream" and "On My Own," alongside current Fantine, Rachelle Ann Go ; original Eponine (Cosette's rival for the affection of young student Marius), Frances Ruffelle , and current Eponine, Carrie Hope Fletcher at the 30th anniversary gala of "Les Mis" held at its current home in London, the Queen's Theatre, earlier last month. Schönberg fondly shared, "That was the first time I did a mashup of 'I Dreamed A Dream' and 'On My Own.' I knew that Patti was ready to come.

When Cameron [Mackintosh] approached me and asked, "Can you try to do something special?" I told him, "Yes, I'm trying to write 'I Dreamed On My Own.' Two girls sing "On My Own" and the two others sing "I Dreamed A Dream." We tried to bring the two songs together." "It was an unforgettable evening! We raised £ 103,000, which was a lot of dollars in one night for the children in Syria," he added. "To celebrate 30 years was surreal." Revamped Orchestrations The current "Les Mis" production playing the Imperial Theatre on Broadway, which is similar to the one that's opening in Brisbane, Australia next week, November 10, 2015, and in Manila, March 11, 2016, has been reimagined five years ago in time for the show's 25th anniversary in London. Besides the shorter running time and the set and image design by Matt Kinley , which was inspired by the art of "Les Miserables" author Victor Hugo , theatergoers can also expect more updated orchestrations of the show's well-loved lavish score.

" Christopher Jahnke , Stephen Metcalf e, Stephen Brooker and myself took four years to update the orchestrations of 'Les Mis,' which was originally orchestrated by John Cameron back in 1979 when we did the original French version," said Schönberg. "We had to update the orchestrations, first of all, because we don't have 26 musicians in the theatre anymore. We have fewer musicians nowadays. In those days, in the late '70s, we had synthesizers and those old 'poppy' sound. We didn't want to use those synthesizers anymore. We wanted to update all of those things, at the same time, saving the best of what John did--the very brilliant moments; having a more contemporary sound, and using the technology of today." 'Les Mis' originally opened at the Barbican Theatre in London's West End on October 8, 1985. In less than two months, it transferred to the Palace Theatre, where it played for 19 years before moving to Queen's Theatre on April 3, 2004.

In late 2006, the show became the longest-running musical in the West End, which surpassed the record previously held by Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber 's "Cats." It has music by Claude-Michel Schonberg , lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel , original adaption by Trevor Nunn and John Caird , and additional material by James Fenton . Original orchestrations are by John Cameron , with new orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke , Stephen Metcalf e, and Stephen Brooker . The reimagined production of 'Les Mis,' on the other hand, is directed by Laurence Connor and James Powell , with set and image design by Matt Kinley --inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo , costumes by Andreane Neofitou and Christine Rowland , lighting by Paule Constable , sound by Mick Potter , and projections by Fifty-Nine Productions. Musical staging is by Michael Ashcroft and Geoffrey Garratt . Musical supervision is by Stephen Brooker and musical direction by James Lowe .

Seen by 70 million people worldwide in 43 countries and in 22 languages, "Les Mis" is one of the world's most popular musicals. Its worldwide gross is currently pegged at $2.5 billion. For tickets to "Les Mis" in Brisbane, Australia, visit LesMis.com.au . For tickets to "Les Mis" in Manila, Philippines, visit LesMis.com/manila/ Photos: Rafaella Louisa Leano

Question: Which song especially written for the film version of Les Miserables was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song?
Answer: SUDDENLY